CT module 1
The process of using motion to blur certain portions of the patient's anatomy in order to demonstrate a
particular area of interest is called the _____ principle. - correct answer ✔✔tomographic
Which plane divides the body into an anterior and posterior portion? - correct answer ✔✔coronal
Who created the first primitive computed tomography (CT) scanner? - correct answer ✔✔Godfrey
Hounsfield
The first clinical CT scanners were only capable of imaging the: - correct answer ✔✔head
Which of the following are typical matrix sizes of modern CT scanners? 1. 80 x 80 2. 512 x 512 3. 1024 x
1024 - correct answer ✔✔2 and 3
Which of the following is a characteristic of third generation CT scanners? - correct answer ✔✔The x-ray
tube and detectors rotate continuously in a 360° arc.
Which generation of CT scanners was designed specifically for cardiac imaging? - correct answer ✔✔fifth
What is another term to describe sixth generation CT scanners? - correct answer ✔✔helical
The way in which the x-ray beam passes through the patient and is acquired by the CT detectors is
known as beam _____: - correct answer ✔✔geometry
In second generation CT scanners, the beam was shaped like a/an: - correct answer ✔✔fan
Single-slice CT scanners frequently had to stop and reverse direction to unwind the generator and data
The process of using motion to blur certain portions of the patient's anatomy in order to demonstrate a
particular area of interest is called the _____ principle. - correct answer ✔✔tomographic
Which plane divides the body into an anterior and posterior portion? - correct answer ✔✔coronal
Who created the first primitive computed tomography (CT) scanner? - correct answer ✔✔Godfrey
Hounsfield
The first clinical CT scanners were only capable of imaging the: - correct answer ✔✔head
Which of the following are typical matrix sizes of modern CT scanners? 1. 80 x 80 2. 512 x 512 3. 1024 x
1024 - correct answer ✔✔2 and 3
Which of the following is a characteristic of third generation CT scanners? - correct answer ✔✔The x-ray
tube and detectors rotate continuously in a 360° arc.
Which generation of CT scanners was designed specifically for cardiac imaging? - correct answer ✔✔fifth
What is another term to describe sixth generation CT scanners? - correct answer ✔✔helical
The way in which the x-ray beam passes through the patient and is acquired by the CT detectors is
known as beam _____: - correct answer ✔✔geometry
In second generation CT scanners, the beam was shaped like a/an: - correct answer ✔✔fan
Single-slice CT scanners frequently had to stop and reverse direction to unwind the generator and data
